Events in Music Dec 31 "Bubbling Brown Sugar" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 766 performances Dec 31 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 124 performances Birthdays in Music Dec 1 Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park) Dec 4 Big Pokey, American rapper Dec 7 Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse) Dec 9 Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter Dec 20 Saukrates, Canadian rapper Dec 23 Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer Deaths in Music Dec 5 Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Bright Moments, The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color) dies of a stroke at 42 Dec 22 Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 Dec 26 Ivan Rezak, Czech composer, dies at 53 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1976 On This Day in Music 1978